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No. 60,962. Patented Jan. 1, 1867.

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GEORGE W. TAYLOR, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

Letters .PatentNo. 60,962, dated January 1, 1867.

IMPROVED BLAGKING BOX HOLDER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

, Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TAYLOR, of Springfield, in the county of Windsor, and Etate of Vermont, have invented a new and improved Blacking Box Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following, is a full,

-clear,tand exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention. Figure 2, a longitudinal section of the same, taken in the line x x, fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. I

This invention relates to a new and improved device for holding blacking boxes, so that the hands of a person in blacking boots or shoes will not be soiled in rubbing the brush over the moistened blacking in the box; the device also admitting of the box being suspended on a nail or hook convenient for use at any time. The device is constructed exclusively of cast iron, and of two parts, A, The portion A constitutes the handle, and at one end there is a rectangular opening, a, to receive a spiral spring, 0. This end of the handle is cast with a groove or slot to receive the part B of the device, which may be made of any ornamental or neat form. This part B is allowed to slide freely in the slotted end of the handle part A, and the spiral spring, O, bears against the outer end of A, and against the inner end of the part B, the spring having a tendency to keep D pressed inward towards the part or portion A,,as indicated by the arrow 1, (seefigs. 1 and 2.) The part B- of the device has two projections, 15 b, at each side of it, and the part A has a projection, c, at each side of it, the projection c at one side being nearer the outer end of A than the one on the other side, as shown clearly in fig. 2. The blackingbox shown in red outline, is riveted between the projections b 5 audio, at one side of the device, thebox being placed against Z1 Z7, and pressed outward in the direction indicated by arrow 2 until it may be forced down within the projection c, a projection, 6, being at one side of the part A, to serve as a bearing for the fore-finger while performing this operation. The spring 0 retains the box in place. A large box may be secured at the side of the device, which has its projection, a, farther from its outer end, the opposite side being intended for boxes of smaller diameter. I The box, it will be seen,,may be applied to and detached from the device with the greatest facility, and when it is not in use it may, with the boxsecured in it, be hung upon a nail or hook out of the way. I I I I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A blacking box holder composed of two parts A B, and a spiral spring G, fitted together and arranged substantially in the manner as herein shown and described. I

. GEORGE W. TAYLOR. Witnesses H. H. Mason, S. J. YOUNG. 

